Elvidge, Archibald John, Corporal, 36920, Royal Artillery
Born Derby
Enlisted Stockport, Cheshire
Killed in action France & Flanders 3rd October 1915
CWGC:
B Battery, 88th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
Aged 25
Son of George and Bertha Ellen Elvidge, of 11, Pear Tree Road, Derby
Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L’Avoue, II, H, 27
Archibald Elvidge was employed as a clerk in the Hotels Department of the Midland Railway at Manchester.
Derby Daily Express, 8th October 1915
Archibald Elvidge, known as ‘Chicken’ to his friends, trained as a journalist with the Derby Daily Express, and then moved to the Leicester Mail and had charge of the sporting department. He then moved to the sporting department of the Evening Times, London, before returning to the Derby Daily Express. He eventually tired of journalism, and joined the Midland Railway Company, working in the Hotels Department in Manchester.
He joined up in August 1914, trained on Salisbury Plain, and proceeded to the front as a Bombardier. He was promoted to Corporal in France.
He was killed when a German shell dropped amongst a party of eleven men and two officers, who were all ‘practically blown to pieces.’ ‘So terrible had been the explosion that it was impossible to distinguish the various bodies and they were all buried together.’
Using the Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-1919 CD-Rom and the CWGC website, two officers and seven men, all from B Battery, 88th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, were killed on the 3rd October 1915, and all of them still lie side by side in the Le Touret Military Cemetery. Their names are as follows:
Chance, Andrew Ferguson, Captain
Aged 32
Son of Frederick William and Mary Seton Chance, of Morton, Carlisle
Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L’Avoue, II, H, 29
Denyer, Ernest, Gunner, 94895
Born Chiddingfold, Surrey
Enlisted Guildford, Surrey
Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L’Avoue, II, H, 25
Floyd, Samuel, Gunner, 83554
Born Neath, Glam
Enlisted Neath
Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L’Avoue, II, H, 23
Gannon, James, Driver, 12357
Born Warrington, Lancs
Enlisted Warrington
Aged 23
Son of James and E. A. Gannon, of 56, Plumpton Street, Warrington
Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L’Avoue, II, H, 26
Garside, Marcus Harold, Bombardier, 92175
Born Manchester, Lancs
Enlisted Manchester
Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L’Avoue, II, H, 24
Hebblethwaite, Abraham Rhodes, Second Lieutenant
Aged 21
Son of Rhodes and Louie Hebblethwaite, of Highthorne, Husthwaite, Yorks
Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L’Avoue, II, H, 28
Elvidge, Archibald John, Corporal, 36920, Royal Artillery
Born Derby
Enlisted Stockport, Cheshire
Killed in action France & Flanders 3rd October 1915
CWGC:
B Battery, 88th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
Aged 25
Son of George and Bertha Ellen Elvidge, of 11, Pear Tree Road, Derby
Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L’Avoue, II, H, 27
Archibald Elvidge was employed as a clerk in the Hotels Department of the Midland Railway at Manchester.
Derby Daily Express, 8th October 1915
Archibald Elvidge, known as ‘Chicken’ to his friends, trained as a journalist with the Derby Daily Express, and then moved to the Leicester Mail and had charge of the sporting department. He then moved to the sporting department of the Evening Times, London, before returning to the Derby Daily Express. He eventually tired of journalism, and joined the Midland Railway Company, working in the Hotels Department in Manchester.
He joined up in August 1914, trained on Salisbury Plain, and proceeded to the front as a Bombardier. He was promoted to Corporal in France.
He was killed when a German shell dropped amongst a party of eleven men and two officers, who were all ‘practically blown to pieces.’ ‘So terrible had been the explosion that it was impossible to distinguish the various bodies and they were all buried together.’
Using the Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-1919 CD-Rom and the CWGC website, two officers and seven men, all from B Battery, 88th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, were killed on the 3rd October 1915, and all of them still lie side by side in the Le Touret Military Cemetery. Their names are as follows:
Chance, Andrew Ferguson, Captain
Aged 32
Son of Frederick William and Mary Seton Chance, of Morton, Carlisle
Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L’Avoue, II, H, 29
Denyer, Ernest, Gunner, 94895
Born Chiddingfold, Surrey
Enlisted Guildford, Surrey
Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L’Avoue, II, H, 25
Floyd, Samuel, Gunner, 83554
Born Neath, Glam
Enlisted Neath
Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L’Avoue, II, H, 23
Gannon, James, Driver, 12357
Born Warrington, Lancs
Enlisted Warrington
Aged 23
Son of James and E. A. Gannon, of 56, Plumpton Street, Warrington
Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L’Avoue, II, H, 26
Garside, Marcus Harold, Bombardier, 92175
Born Manchester, Lancs
Enlisted Manchester
Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L’Avoue, II, H, 24
Hebblethwaite, Abraham Rhodes, Second Lieutenant
Aged 21
Son of Rhodes and Louie Hebblethwaite, of Highthorne, Husthwaite, Yorks
Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L’Avoue, II, H, 28